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Conjugal Visit Suit Barred

CLEVELAND, Sept. 10 (AP) — A federal judge dismissed yesterday a suit challenging Ohio prison rules prohibiting conjugal visits between prisoners and their spouses. District Judge William K. Thomas found that the state was not obligated by the Constitution to provide private places for marital relations.

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